Although I love new technologies, there are still some that are widely discussed and media darlings which never take off for me. Podcasting is one of them...and now that I've gone through the process of posting my first, I'm not sure it ever will.
Keep in mind that I've always associated "podcast" to spoken content. I just listened to a classmate's music via podcast and was reminded that podcasting can also cover music. When applied in the context of direct distribution, it's game changing. With it, music is so much easier to get the content portable until web-based streaming is more reliable.
In the context of professional micro broadcasting, it's opportunistic though still requires significant changes in consumer behavior to be large.
However, in the context of personal audio micro broadcasting, it's well...micro. Small. And the subscription process is just hard enough to be a barrier to the potential audience. So in that vein, is still a tinkerer's novelty. But maybe you've had your life transformed with podcasting and if so, I'd like to know how.
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Good point. Like the layout. I've never really thought of using podcasting for my own use to distribute music. I've had experience with MP3.com, Myspace Music and it never really occured to me to have a podcast. If you ever need some digital audio editing drop me something. satoyami@yahoo.com
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